Imaging features of schwannomas in the oral cavity: report of two cases

Oral Radiology - Tập 29 - Trang 166-169 - 2013
Seon-Mun Kim1, Jee Young Kim2, Young Hak Park3, Tae-Jung Kim4
1Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seocho-gu, Korea
2Department of Radiology, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Korea
3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Korea
4Department of Hospital Pathology, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Korea

Tóm tắt

Schwannomas arising from the oral cavity are rare, and reports of their imaging features are scarce in the literature. We report two cases of schwannomas involving the oral cavity and describe their computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography findings.

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